Now take a sip and savour the taste without water... there’s cracked black pepper with juicy fresh strawberry and raspberry... hints of orange peel and milk chocolate combine with a delicate smoky edge.

Tasting Notes

Palate: Quite dry, like the nose, but with some dark sugar sweetness. Spiced fruit cake and the leather from the nose are joined by a rich earthiness, coal dust and some green leafiness.

Finish: Green oak, ashes and sweet waxed apples.

Taste Test

proof positive that toasty oak, a dash of fruit and several puffs of peat can go a long, long way...; beautiful mouth-feel, as thick as anything I have seen from the new Benromach before. The fabulous spice really does make a name for itself, but all those notes recognised on the nose are present and correct here; more of the same, but a layer of Jaffa Cake towards the finish, though it is short-lived as it dries....; for any confused US readers, the strength is based on the old British proof strength , not American! What is not confusing is the undisputed complexity and overall excellence of this malt.